Travel Guide Hévíz

8 km from Keszthely, towards the interior of the land, is Hévíz, a famous spa town built around a small spa lake; the lake and surrounding area are classified as Natural reserve. Hévíz ("hév-víz" means hot water, then by derivation, thermal water). The miraculous owl its bicentennial in 1995. One of the many common legends on the healings in Hévíz tells that the young and very beautiful daughter of the king of Tátika castle, paralyzed legs, regained the use of his limbs after bathed in the lake of Hévíz. She then married Sándor Rezy, châtelain de Csobánc.In the 47 500 th century, the small curative lake (2 m) belonged to the very aristocratic Festetics family. After the construction of the first bathing facility in 1795, the reputation of the station quickly reached a large audience. During the Communist era, in 1952, the establishment of Cure was étatisé. In the seventies, the first major hotels appeared. Following the change of regime in 1989-1990, curistes from abroad, especially Austrians and Germans, took off. Other hotels were still built, including the Erzsébet and the Appart-Hotel Abbey.